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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa MvWX TjIX aGjv ebVH\"><span>UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — <\/span>The president of New York City Transit is responding to Saturday’s demonstration that spilled onto the subway tracks in a show of protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">The protests were in response to the death of Jordan Neely on a subway train in NOHO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\"> RELATED| Jordan Neely’s family calls subway choking death an ‘injustice’<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">NYC Transit President Richard Davey reacted to the events that unfolded on Saturday, saying that while he supports peaceful protests, jumping onto subway tracks is “dangerous, reckless and potentially deadly.”<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">Scores of protesters took part in the protest on the subway tracks that brought the Q and F trains to a halt Saturday evening, the same line on which Neely was killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">Protesters began their march that began in Union Square and headed inside 63rd Street-Lexington Avenue where they crowded the platform demanding justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">Of course, this all comes from the video of Neely being restrained by Danny Penny, a 24-year-old US Navy veteran and college student.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">He told police he wasn’t trying to kill Neely, but was just trying to hold him back for police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">A grand jury could be convened next week to hear evidence in the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\"> RELATED| Jordan Neely’s family calls subway choking death an ‘injustice’<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">———-<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">* Get news from eyewitnesses <\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">* More news from Manhattan<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">* <a class=\"zZyg UbGl iFzk qdXb WCDh DbOX tqUt \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7ny.tv\/submitnewstip\" rel=\"noopener\">Send us a news tip<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts <\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">*<a class=\"zZyg UbGl iFzk qdXb WCDh DbOX tqUt \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrlIS7z20CnVaCrMvdkig_g\"> Follow us on YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"RxNC PvZ nIjP PMXY LmsH SfAH mNgy lNbo LBPR\">Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\"> Have a breaking news tip or idea for a story we should cover? 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RELATED| Jordan Neely’s family calls subway choking death an ‘injustice’ NYC Transit President Richard Davey reacted to the events that unfolded on Saturday, saying that while he supports peaceful protests, jumping onto subway tracks is “dangerous, reckless and potentially deadly.” Scores of protesters took part in the protest… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18024,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18022\/revisions\/18024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}